MILTON — The 21st annual Milton Winter Carnival will be held on Friday, Feb. 15 and Saturday, Feb. 16, with the theme “Festival of Hometown Fun”

The Milton Winter Carnival Committee has been working hard on pulling together the carnival for this year. We are again faced with the challenge of having a winter carnival with little to no snow. As always, several events are dependent on our weather conditions over the next two weeks, we will be anxiously watching the weather and hoping for snow! Some of the events are listed below. (Moose Lodge events are for adults only.)

Feb. 16: Winter Carnival Family Fishing Derby ... children fish from 8 a.m. to noon. Trophies and prizes will be awarded directly after their competition ends. Adults fish from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Trophies and prizes will be awarded directly after their competition ends.

Annual Opening Ceremonies are at 9 a.m. at the beach front. Immediately following the opening ceremonies, Milton Elementary School fifth graders will hold a hot air balloon launch

Ice Harvesting will be demonstrated by the NH Farm Museum; Moose Mountain Regional Greenways’ event is to be announced; Milton Fire Explorers will have a campfire and smores; food will be provided by the Nute High School Class of 2015 at the lakeside

More events will be announced as they become finalized next week, all outside events are weather/ice dependent!